WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN03262020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River The draft was a central issue in the opposition to the Vietnam War. It touched all young men from eighteen to twenty-six, and the families that loved them. It was a terribly unifying horror that was shared throughout the country, forcing life changing, and often …
Little Rock Recently, I had a wakeup call realizing that our missile defense system is a gazillion dollar charade with perhaps 50% effectiveness. Having watched a good part of the East and Western Conference NBA finals, I couldn’t get one of the commercials out of my mind about whether “pretty good, is good enough.” I’m …
London It is getting harder and harder to deny that there is a very scary, highly uncomfortable pattern emerging around Trump’s domestic policies, and it involves a steady effort to federally militarize policy and policing. These are not tendencies, but firmly expressed proposals. Coupled with his increasing attacks on the institution and independence of the …